Existential well-being and spirituality of individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is related to psychological well-being of their caregivers

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-108

  Pagnini, Francesco ^a,b   Lunetta, Christian ^c   Rossi, Gabriella ^c   Banfi, Paolo ^c   Gorni, Ksenija ^c   Cellotto, Nadia ^c   Castelnuovo, Gianluca ^a,d   Molinari, Enrico ^a,d   Corbo, Massimo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; caregiver; existential well being; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXISTENTIAL WELL BEING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; ZARIT BURDEN INVENTORY;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 79951743652     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482968.2010.502941     Document Type: Article

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